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How exercise prescriptions could change the NHShttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/how-exercise-prescriptions-could-change-the-nhs
<p>Sports medicine graduates will be in high demand to combat inactivity epidemic</p><p>We know exercise is good for us, yet human beings may now be on the verge of dangerous levels of inactivity. Historically we’ve always been active, from our hunter gatherer past to manual labour in the industrial age - until cars, computers and labour-saving devices took much of the physicality out of work. Now, according to analysis of national health statistics by the British Heart Foundation, <a href="https://www.bhf.org.uk/publications/statistics/physical-inactivity-report-2017">39% of adults in the UK</a> fail to achieve recommended levels of physical activity or exercise. But recent research shows how crucial activity is to our health. To spread the word about the health benefits of exercise, a new master’s course is due to start this year at Loughborough University – to complement an existing range of sports and exercise medicine master’s degrees around the country.</p><p>“We’re targeting the full allied health professional range,” says Dr Dale Esliger, programme leader of the <a href="http://www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/masters-degrees/a-z/exercise-medicine/">MSc in exercise as medicine</a>, which launches this October. Based in the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine – an Olympic legacy facility – this course differs slightly from current sports medicine master’s. Students won’t be attending elite athletes beside the pitch, but rather looking at “prescribing” exercise to the wider population, investigating the value of techniques such as mindfulness, and researching how to deploy digital tools to motivate people to exercise more. As a nation, we’re behind the likes of Australia in formalising exercise advice within the health service, says Esliger. “In the future we hope to see more exercise professionals within the NHS,” he says. “If we want clinicians to write exercise rather than drug prescriptions, we need to give them the knowledge to do that.”</p><p>Regular exercise could save between £1,750 and £6,900 in healthcare costs per person</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/how-exercise-prescriptions-could-change-the-nhs">Continue reading...</a>PostgraduatesProfessional supplementsEducationHigher educationStudentsHealthNHSFitnessCareersSocietyMon, 19 Mar 2018 17:58:21 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/how-exercise-prescriptions-could-change-the-nhsPhotograph: Hero Images/Getty Images/Hero ImagesPhotograph: Hero Images/Getty Images/Hero ImagesHelena Pozniak2018-03-19T17:58:21ZWhy the MBA is still a gamechanging qualificationhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/why-the-mba-is-still-a-gamechanging-qualification
<p>Is the MBA really all it’s cracked up to be? With enrolments surging, the answer seems to be yes</p><p>What could an MBA do for you? Make you richer? Propel your career? Help you change direction entirely? It’s a broad business degree for professionals with several years’ experience, but it is, as business schools tell you, more than the sum of its parts.</p><p>And the range of backgrounds MBAs attract is testimony to the course’s broad appeal – elite athletes, creatives, military officers, engineers, coders and charity managers, as well as the bread and butter intake from the worlds of finance and consulting.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/why-the-mba-is-still-a-gamechanging-qualification">Continue reading...</a>PostgraduatesProfessional supplementsHigher educationMBAsEducationStudentsMon, 19 Mar 2018 17:58:14 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/why-the-mba-is-still-a-gamechanging-qualificationPhotograph: PR ImagePhotograph: PR ImageHelena Pozniak2018-03-19T17:58:14ZWanted: trainee teachers to plug the schools gaphttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/wanted-trainee-teachers-to-plug-the-schools-gap
<p>The shortfall in teachers is becoming critical – but generous bursaries are on offer for graduates looking to join the profession</p><p>Schools are in crisis. With plummeting teacher training applications and difficulties in recruiting enough staff to fill vacancies, tuition fees, unacceptable workloads and budget cuts have all been blamed for the current shortage.<br></p><p>“The number of trainees is falling and it raises serious questions for the government,” says teaching recruitment expert Prof John Howson of Oxford Brookes University. “Teachers may well be asking themselves why they’re doing the job for the money they get, when it costs an extra year in training and possibly an extra loan.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/wanted-trainee-teachers-to-plug-the-schools-gap">Continue reading...</a>PostgraduatesProfessional supplementsEducationStudentsTeacher shortagesTeacher trainingCareersMon, 19 Mar 2018 17:58:07 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/19/wanted-trainee-teachers-to-plug-the-schools-gapPhotograph: Juice Images/Getty Images/Juice Images RFPhotograph: Juice Images/Getty Images/Juice Images RFGavan Naden2018-03-19T17:58:07ZA third of UK Muslims report abuse or crime while studyinghttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/19/a-third-of-uk-muslims-report-abuse-or-while-studying
<p>Most victims believe acts were motivated by Islamophobia, NUS survey finds</p><p>A third of Muslim students have experienced abuse or crime at their place of study in the UK, with most victims believing it was motivated by Islamophobia, a National Union of Students (NUS) survey has found.</p><p>The <a href="https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resources/the-experience-of-muslim-students-in-2017-18">Muslim Students Survey</a> was launched in 2017 to try to gain a better understanding of the experiences of Muslim students in further and higher education and received 578 responses among UK-based students. </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/19/a-third-of-uk-muslims-report-abuse-or-while-studying">Continue reading...</a>StudentsIslamHigher educationReligionUK newsEducationMon, 19 Mar 2018 10:47:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/19/a-third-of-uk-muslims-report-abuse-or-while-studyingPhotograph: Jacob Sacks-Jones/Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Jacob Sacks-Jones/Alamy Stock PhotoJamie Grierson2018-03-19T10:47:03ZGood educations are being lost in the futile quest for value for money | Kenan Malikhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/18/good-educations-being-lost-in-futile-quest-for-value-for-money
Students who sue universities because their degrees didn’t lead to well-paid jobs forget they were there to learn how to think<p>Sam Gyimah is very taken by Moneysupermarket.com. Seven years ago, the newly elected Tory MP for East Surrey wrote an <a href="https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2011/03/sam-gyimah-mp-we-can-give-student-protesters-real-power-by-giving-them-worthwhile-degrees-but-lets-s.html" title="">article</a> for Conservative Home, bemoaning the fact that there existed no “Moneysupermarket.com for universities … to allow students to easily compare what’s on offer”.</p><p>Last week, Gyimah, now education minister, announced a new “tool” through which to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/12/university-degree-courses-ranking-teaching-excellence-framework" title="">grade degree courses</a>, by giving them gold, silver and bronze stars, depending on teaching quality, dropout rates, career prospects and average salary earned. Students will be able to assess universities in the same way as services on Moneysupermarket.com, he told BBC Radio 4’s <em>Today</em> programme.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/16/university-degree-measure-benefits-tuition-fees">Is your university degree barely worth the paper it’s written on? Discuss | Sonia Sodha</a> </p><p>A love of learning has been expunged by a system whose sole aim is to teach how to wheedle that extra mark at GCSE</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/18/good-educations-being-lost-in-futile-quest-for-value-for-money">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationEducationYoung peopleStudentsUniversity teachingLecturersSocietySun, 18 Mar 2018 06:02:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/18/good-educations-being-lost-in-futile-quest-for-value-for-moneyPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoKenan Malik2018-03-18T06:02:01Z‘We're sitting on a timebomb': tower block residents on life after Grenfellhttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/16/sitting-on-a-timebomb-tower-block-residents-on-life-after-grenfell
<p>In hundreds of buildings that still have Grenfell-style cladding, people are haunted by fear</p><p>Across Britain, thousands of families went to bed last night knowing that nine months after the Grenfell Tower disaster, the walls around their homes are still fitted with panels similar to those that fuelled the fire last June.</p><p>The tension it causes is palpable. Wardens armed with emergency klaxons patrol corridors, fire engines are permanently stationed outside some properties and emergency alarms have been installed. At the last count, not a single panel had been removed on 66 social housing blocks in England with cladding that failed government combustibility tests. Only seven of the 158 affected have completed the works. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/16/towers-with-grenfell-style-cladding-at-risk-of-arson-and-terrorism">Towers with Grenfell-style cladding ‘at risk of arson and terrorism’</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/16/sitting-on-a-timebomb-tower-block-residents-on-life-after-grenfell">Continue reading...</a>Grenfell Tower fireUK newsSocial housingHousingCommunitiesSocietyStudent housingEducationHigher educationStudentsFri, 16 Mar 2018 16:00:09 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/16/sitting-on-a-timebomb-tower-block-residents-on-life-after-grenfellPhotograph: Christopher Thomond for the GuardianPhotograph: Christopher Thomond for the GuardianRobert Booth and Josh Halliday2018-03-16T16:00:09ZWhat do students want most? To be treated with respect | Anonymous academichttps://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/mar/16/students-want-most-treated-with-respect-academics-anonymous
<p>I was surprised to see students at my university ask for their lecturers to talk to them ‘as though I’m a person’</p><p>I recently led a survey of students across my university at all levels of study. We wanted to discover what students felt we did well so we could encourage more of the same and celebrate our successes, hoping to improve our scores in the <a href="http://www.thestudentsurvey.com/">National Student Survey</a> and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2017/oct/19/teaching-excellence-framework-can-protect-academic-careers">teaching excellence framework</a>. But the findings took us all by surprise.</p><p>The feedback from the 1,000 responses was pleasingly positive in some areas. We felt smug that our students largely appreciated our efforts. But there was an unsettling, underlying narrative in the responses which felt shocking. Students were essentially asking: why don’t academics have more humanity?</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/23/lecturing-in-a-uk-university-is-starting-to-feel-like-working-in-a-business">Working in a UK university is starting to feel like working for a business</a> </p><p>I was wrong to assume that all academic staff would simply be kind and treat students with respect</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/feb/20/the-tuition-fee-review-is-about-saving-the-government-money-not-students">The tuition fee review is about saving the government money, not students | David Morris</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/mar/16/students-want-most-treated-with-respect-academics-anonymous">Continue reading...</a>Higher Education NetworkHigher educationEducationStudentsFri, 16 Mar 2018 10:31:34 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/2018/mar/16/students-want-most-treated-with-respect-academics-anonymousPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoAnonymous academic2018-03-16T10:31:34ZIs your university degree barely worth the paper it’s written on? Discuss | Sonia Sodhahttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/16/university-degree-measure-benefits-tuition-fees
<p>We’re constantly told university education is a good thing. But with tuition fees so high, it’s time its true value was measured</p><p>In the past few decades we’ve seen a huge growth in undergraduate numbers. Back in 1945, a <a href="https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/degrees-of-failure-do-universities-actually-do-any-good">tiny 2% of the population</a> went to university; today, <a href="https://www.ucas.com/file/135631/download?token=jwJ7Dg4S">just over 43%</a> of young people in England go; the latest prediction is that <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-43399089">an extra 300,000 places will be needed by 2030</a>. We’re frequently told that graduates <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/aug/18/gap-between-graduate-and-non-graduate-wages-shows-signs-of-waning">earn more on average than non-graduates</a>; that universities boost local economies; and, of course, that a degree stretches the mind and nurtures critical thinking. Those who interrogate this logic are easily dismissed as philistines, or reactionaries who don’t care that expansion has occurred alongside record numbers of disadvantaged young people going to university.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/19/universities-students-theresa-may-higher-education">How to fix our universities – cap the number of students | Sonia Sodha</a> </p><p>If everyone else going for that bar job has a degree, you’d better have one too</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/16/university-degree-measure-benefits-tuition-fees">Continue reading...</a>UK newsStudentsHigher educationEducationUniversity teachingJob huntingWork & careersMoneyFri, 16 Mar 2018 05:59:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/16/university-degree-measure-benefits-tuition-feesPhotograph: Jane Barlow/PAPhotograph: Jane Barlow/PASonia Sodha2018-03-16T05:59:02Z‘Let gun safety be your target!’: protest signs from the US school walkoutshttps://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/mar/15/let-gun-safety-be-your-target-protest-signs-from-the-us-school-walkouts
<p>For ‘walkout Wednesday’, students from across the US displayed powerful posters and placards to protest against gun violence, memorialise school shooting victims and demand that lawmakers take action</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/mar/15/let-gun-safety-be-your-target-protest-signs-from-the-us-school-walkouts">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyUS newsStudentsEducationArt and designCultureUS gun controlFlorida school shootingGun crimeThu, 15 Mar 2018 17:09:52 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/mar/15/let-gun-safety-be-your-target-protest-signs-from-the-us-school-walkoutsPhotograph: RMV/REX/ShutterstockPhotograph: RMV/REX/ShutterstockDale Berning Sawa and Mee-Lai Stone2018-03-15T17:09:52ZCommuter students: how to survive studying from homehttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/14/commuter-students-survive-studying-from-home-university
<p>Students share tips on how to get through university while living at home and commuting to campus</p><p>For many students from poorer or working class backgrounds, commuting to campus from home is the new reality of student life. This group is three times more likely to live at home while attending university than their most advantaged classmates, according to a <a href="https://www.suttontrust.com/research-paper/home-and-away-student-mobility/">recent study by the Sutton Trust</a>.</p><p>Plenty of “commuter students” do so for other reasons besides money; those who care for family members, study locally, live with disabilities, or just don’t want to relocate. They told us the common stumbling blocks of studying from home, with advice for getting over them:</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/jan/30/commuter-students-debt-universities-live-home">Commuter students: locked out, left out and growing in number</a> </p><p>Pay some rent, offer to cook once a week – and make the most of cheaper rent and premium loo roll</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/14/commuter-students-survive-studying-from-home-university">Continue reading...</a>StudentsEducationHigher educationAdvice for studentsWed, 14 Mar 2018 16:05:10 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/14/commuter-students-survive-studying-from-home-universityPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyChris Owen2018-03-14T16:05:10ZDrowned in sound: how listening to music hinders learninghttps://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2018/mar/14/sound-how-listening-music-hinders-learning-lessons-research
<p>In his series of articles on how psychology research can inform teaching, Bradley Busch picks an academic study and makes sense of it for the classroom. This time: listening to music while studying</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/series/lessons-from-research">Read more Lessons from Research</a></li></ul><p>Many students do their homework and revision while listening to music. Many of them will swear that listening to their favourite songs <a draggable="true" href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/aug/20/does-music-really-help-you-concentrate">makes them study better</a>. But does music help or hinder learning? And does it matter what type of music you listen to while revising?</p><p>Researchers from the applied psychology department of Cardiff Metropolitan University led <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/acp.2994/abstract">a study</a> to answer this question. The authors, Nick Perham and Harriet Currie, assigned students into one of four groups: the first revised in silence, the second revised while listening to music with lyrics they liked (which included songs from One Direction and Katy Perry), the third group revised to music with lyrics they did not like (which comprised of very heavy metal bands), and the fourth group revised listening to music without lyrics.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2018/feb/08/research-every-teacher-should-know-self-control-and-learning">Research every teacher should know: self-control and learning</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2017/feb/07/homework-is-it-worth-the-hassle">Homework: is it worth the hassle?</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2018/mar/14/sound-how-listening-music-hinders-learning-lessons-research">Continue reading...</a>Teacher NetworkTeachingEducationStudentsMusicCultureSchoolsExamsHigher educationWed, 14 Mar 2018 08:00:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/2018/mar/14/sound-how-listening-music-hinders-learning-lessons-researchPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyBradley Busch2018-03-14T08:00:02Z'Debt for life': only 38% of students say tuition fees are good valuehttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/13/debt-for-life-only-38-of-students-say-tuition-fees-are-good-value
<p>Students in OfS survey also complain about a lack of clarity on how their fees are spent</p><p>Little more than a third of students believe their university course represents good value for money, according to research by the government’s new regulator for the higher education sector.</p><p>The survey of almost 6,000 students by the newly established Office for Students (OfS) will add to concerns about the cost of going to university and the value for money it represents.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/11/university-vice-chancellors-are-paid-far-more-than-public-sector-peers">University vice-chancellors are paid far more than public sector peers</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/feb/21/changing-the-emphasis-on-university-funding">Changing the emphasis on university funding | Letters</a> </p><p><strong>Why now?</strong></p><p></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/13/debt-for-life-only-38-of-students-say-tuition-fees-are-good-value">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationTuition feesOffice for StudentsEducationStudentsUK newsTue, 13 Mar 2018 14:33:50 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/13/debt-for-life-only-38-of-students-say-tuition-fees-are-good-valuePhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoSally Weale Education correspondent2018-03-13T14:33:50ZArchbishop calls for churches to open their doors to rough sleepershttps://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/13/archbishop-canterbury-calls-for-churches-to-open-doors-to-rough-sleepers
<p>Justin Welby also hits out at council cuts and says university tuition fees should be scrapped</p><p>The archbishop of Canterbury has called on churches to open their doors to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/03/bristol-homeless-freezing-street-emergency-beds">rough sleepers</a> and criticised funding cuts that have left councils struggling to meet needs.</p><p>Justin Welby also called for tuition fees to be scrapped, saying the cost of university education should be covered through taxation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/13/archbishop-canterbury-calls-for-churches-to-open-doors-to-rough-sleepers">Continue reading...</a>HomelessnessHousingPovertySocial exclusionSocietyJustin WelbyCommunitiesAnglicanismChristianityUK newsTuition feesEducationHigher educationStudentsLocal governmentTue, 13 Mar 2018 09:36:34 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/mar/13/archbishop-canterbury-calls-for-churches-to-open-doors-to-rough-sleepersPhotograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/ReutersPhotograph: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/ReutersHarriet Sherwood Religion correspondent2018-03-13T09:36:34ZAccountability and UK university governance | Lettershttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/12/accountability-and-uk-university-governance
Six professors emeriti from the University of Bath on the remuneration committee’s meeting this week, and other views on vice-chancellors’ pay<p>Your return to the VC salaries issue (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/11/university-vice-chancellors-are-paid-far-more-than-public-sector-peers">Revealed: how vice-chancellor pay eclipses public sector</a>, 12 March) is timely. The University of Bath’s remuneration committee meets on Wednesday, 14 March, at a time when its staff are on strike over the downgrading of their pensions, with the students demanding compensation for lost teaching time.</p><p>So far the university has been upbraided by <a href="http://www.hefce.ac.uk/reg/staffpay/bath/">HEFCE</a>, the university’s court, a large number of professors, its academic assembly and the students, but nothing has yet changed. The university’s chair of council, Tom Sheppard, and other senior lay office-holders cling to their positions despite calls for them to resign. Still the VC remains in office until August, and will then receive her salary for a further six months’ sabbatical leave.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/12/accountability-and-uk-university-governance">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationEducationLecturersLecturers' payStudentsPayWork & careersFamily financesMoneyBusinessUK newsUniversity of BathMon, 12 Mar 2018 17:51:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/12/accountability-and-uk-university-governancePhotograph: Claire Hayhurst/PAPhotograph: Claire Hayhurst/PALetters2018-03-12T17:51:27ZWhy I’m a striking lecturer: I want to stop the slow death of public education | Becky Gardinerhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/12/striking-lecturer-slow-death-public-education
<p>On the picket line I’ve seen how much widespread support there is, by those fighting against broader attacks on education</p><p>I am a lecturer, currently on strike. I am also a part-time MA student, whose lecturers are on strike. And I am the mother of a student whose lecturers are on strike. There have been attempts by many vice-chancellors to pit students and their parents against striking staff, often by positioning staff as selfish and greedy, and students as the consumers whose livelihoods they harm. But even though I dread the hole in my next pay packet, and know exactly what it is like to see classes disappear when I have an essay to write, and though I feel for my daughter, who worries about the impact this will have on her degree – and therefore her future – for me there has been no moment of doubt, no internal war.</p><p>The problems we face – debt, increasing workloads, precarity, mental health issues – are not only shared, but systemic</p><p><strong>Why are university staff striking?</strong></p><p></p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/05/university-pension-strike-listening">The university pension strike will only end when we’re listened to | Sally Hunt</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/12/striking-lecturer-slow-death-public-education">Continue reading...</a>Industrial actionProtestHigher educationEducationUK newsLecturersLecturers' payStudentsUniversity teachingPensionsMoneyMon, 12 Mar 2018 06:00:08 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/12/striking-lecturer-slow-death-public-educationPhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesBecky Gardiner2018-03-12T06:00:08ZUniversity vice-chancellors are paid far more than public sector peershttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/11/university-vice-chancellors-are-paid-far-more-than-public-sector-peers
<p>Analysis by the Guardian shows vice-chancellors’ salaries outstrip those of leaders of NHS trusts and local authorities</p><p>Vice-chancellors’ pay at British universities has far outstripped that of their peers in senior leadership roles elsewhere across the public sector, according to research conducted by the Guardian.</p><p>Analysis of the salaries of vice-chancellors at leading universities shows they are paid well above the chief executives of NHS hospital trusts and local authorities in a number of cities in England.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/feb/21/vice-chancellors-told-high-pay-is-immoral-rising-student-debt">Vice-chancellors told high pay is immoral amid rising student debt</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/dec/29/bath-vice-chancellor-pay-local-newspapers-vital-work">I exposed the Bath vice-chancellor’s pay in a local paper – regional reporting matters | Sam Petherick</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/11/university-vice-chancellors-are-paid-far-more-than-public-sector-peers">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationUniversity fundingPublic sector payPublic services policyTuition feesStudentsEducationSocietyPoliticsUK newsSun, 11 Mar 2018 18:00:53 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/11/university-vice-chancellors-are-paid-far-more-than-public-sector-peersPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyRichard Adams and Elisabeth Gamperl2018-03-11T18:00:53ZRacist incidents at universities show they aren’t as tolerant as we think | Malia Bouattiahttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/11/racist-universities-not-tolerant-rugaro-chisango-nottingham-trent
<p>Rufaro Chisango’s abuse at Nottingham Trent is part of a higher-education system that sidelines ethnic minorities<br>• Malia Bouattia is a former president of the National Union of Students</p><p>Many were outraged by Nottingham Trent University student Rufaro Chisango’s footage of people chanting “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/08/nottingham-student-reports-racist-chants-in-hall-of-residence">we hate the blacks</a>” and a stream of other racist abuse. This young black woman felt forced to lock herself into her room for safety. Many have also wondered how this vile abuse was possible, in modern Britain, among educated young people. And not only that, but this weekend we heard of another Nottingham Trent student, <a href="https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/sikh-student-told-leave-bar-1322854">Amrik Singh</a>, being forced to leave a bar in nearby Mansfield purely for wearing a turban.</p><p>It’s 2018! We’re supposed to be a much more tolerant and progressive society than those grim days, decades ago, of abuse and overt racism. And in today’s universities there is a growing number of black and minority-ethnic students and staff.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/09/i-hear-reports-like-the-nottingham-campus-racism-incident-every-week">I hear reports like the Nottingham campus racism incident every week</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/11/racist-universities-not-tolerant-rugaro-chisango-nottingham-trent">Continue reading...</a>Race issuesHigher educationEducationUK newsNottingham Trent UniversityStudentsSun, 11 Mar 2018 16:32:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/11/racist-universities-not-tolerant-rugaro-chisango-nottingham-trentPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoMalia Bouattia2018-03-11T16:32:02ZI hear reports like the Nottingham campus racism incident every weekhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/09/i-hear-reports-like-the-nottingham-campus-racism-incident-every-week
<p>The Nottingham Trent video was a glimpse of the casual and institutional racism that students experience at university</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/08/nottingham-student-reports-racist-chants-in-hall-of-residence">Nottingham student reports racist chants in hall of residence</a><br></li></ul><p>In my role representing students of colour across the country, I receive daily calls and messages or am alerted to tweets and videos reporting incidents of racist abuse on a campus. </p><p>We have the incidents that are reported publicly and sometimes go viral: the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/sep/14/slave-auction-for-freshers-outcry-loughborough-university">slave auction</a> at Loughborough, the <a href="https://twitter.com/Chase_D_Dream/status/839603711924129792">Confederate flag</a> at Manchester, the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/apr/08/bananagate-highlights-racism-among-warwick-students">banana incident at Warwick</a>, and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/mar/08/nottingham-student-reports-racist-chants-in-hall-of-residence">this week the horrific ordeal of Rufaro Chisango</a> at her accommodation at Nottingham Trent. However, the stories that make headlines every few months are just the tip of the iceberg – many more never come to light.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/sep/14/slave-auction-for-freshers-outcry-loughborough-university">'Slave auction' for Loughborough freshers leads to outcry</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/apr/08/bananagate-highlights-racism-among-warwick-students">'Bananagate' highlights racism among Warwick students</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/09/i-hear-reports-like-the-nottingham-campus-racism-incident-every-week">Continue reading...</a>StudentsEducationHigher educationFri, 09 Mar 2018 17:14:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/09/i-hear-reports-like-the-nottingham-campus-racism-incident-every-weekPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyIlyas Nagdee2018-03-09T17:14:31ZUniversity drop-out rates in UK rise for third successive yearhttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/08/university-drop-out-rates-uk-rise-third-year
<p>‘Depressing’ figures may be linked to higher fees in England, says education expert</p><p>Drop-out rates among university students who give up their studies within 12 months have gone up for the third year in a row, according to official statistics.<br></p><p>Figures released by the <a href="https://www.hesa.ac.uk/">Higher Education Statistics Agency </a>(HESA) show that 26,000 students in England who began studying for their first degree in 2015 did not make it beyond the first year.<br></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/08/university-drop-out-rates-uk-rise-third-year">Continue reading...</a>Higher educationUK newsEducationStudentsYoung peopleSocietyThu, 08 Mar 2018 15:02:27 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/08/university-drop-out-rates-uk-rise-third-yearPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoPhotograph: Alamy Stock PhotoSally Weale Education correspondent2018-03-08T15:02:27ZOutsider art: what students can learn from self-taught artistshttps://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/08/outsider-art-why-a-degree-isnt-essential-for-creative-success
<p>A growing number of artists are eschewing a formal education and using social media to find a new audience for their work</p><p>In 1939, former slave Bill Traylor was sitting on a box at the side of the road drawing when the artist Charles Shannon rode by on his horse. Touched by the pictures, <a href="http://www.petulloartcollection.org/the_collection/about_the_artists/artist.cfm?a_id=56">Shannon supported Traylor</a> and helped him exhibit his work. After his death, Traylor would become a significant figure of American folk and modern art – without a formal artistic education.</p><p>The study of art is becoming less common in the UK. Fewer than 19% of fine art graduates go on to work in an art or design-related field, and the number of students studying creative art degrees <a href="https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/6-12-february-2017/why-are-less-students-taking-on-art-design-at-university/">dropped by 17,000</a> between 2016 and 2017. Fine art is still a popular degree choice, but as university applications fall and artists showcase their work online, there are more self-taught artists being discovered. </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/may/31/susan-te-kahurangi-king-silent-outsider-art">Silent witness: the outsider art of Susan Te Kahurangi King</a> </p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/feb/01/what-i-wish-i-had-known-about-freelancing-in-the-arts">What I wish I had known about freelancing in the arts</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/08/outsider-art-why-a-degree-isnt-essential-for-creative-success">Continue reading...</a>StudentsEducationHigher educationThu, 08 Mar 2018 10:58:15 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/mar/08/outsider-art-why-a-degree-isnt-essential-for-creative-successPhotograph: AlamyPhotograph: AlamyCharlotte Seager2018-03-08T10:58:15Z